Her Previous Self
(The Guernsey Novels #8)
by Anne Allen
Mary, miserable in her marriage to Thomas Carre, a merchant and privateer, and living in the new family mansion in Georgian Guernsey.
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Lucy, separated from her husband after a tragic loss and now acting as an unwilling sitter for her elderly grandfather, Gregory Carre, who has inherited the same mansion.
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Lucy is haunted by Mary’s continued presence in the house and finds herself being pulled more and more back in time. How is it possible for her to live as Mary? To experience scenes from her tragic life? Lucy is forced to come to terms with Mary’s grief as well as her own.
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The more enmeshed she becomes the more anxious Lucy is to discover the truth. Why is Mary still restless? What caused her mysterious disappearance two hundred years ago?
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And can Lucy move on from her own loss to find happiness again?
My Rating:
Favorite Quote:
Marriage and motherhood had given Lucy a different view of family and after losing her child and the subsequent breakdown of her marriage, her view had sharpened.
My Review:
This book was a unique hybrid of genres including women’s fiction, family drama, mystery, historical fiction, and a budding romance; and I enjoyed them all. While not my typical read, I enjoyed the tale as well as the variation from my usual habits. Ms. Allen has woven quite a chronicle with writing and storylines that were easy to fall into and featured a cast of likable and relatable characters and detestable villains, an intriguing mystery, and an unusual predicament with tragic and paranormal aspects. It ended a bit too soon for me, I would have liked a bit more, but then I always do when reading a good tale.
Great review. Glad you enjoyed the book, even with the short ending.
Thanks for taking the time to read and review my latest and so glad you enjoyed it! Best wishes, Anne☺
I am so behind on this series. I read books one and two. I didn’t know there were now eight books in the series. Glad to see its still going strong.